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Eat Fish and Die #2
Into The Wazoo Of Death
If you weren't completely offended by the last installment of this fakakta series, then get ready for another fish fry! Hooah!
As the interstellar war with the Kasago heats up like a Bengay-laminated jockstrap, we find Major Joachim Merlot and his battalion of Battle Ready Androids yet again defending Earth against an alien race of stinking fishy creatures. Unlike his last mission, his odds of making it back alive have improved -- sort of. As much as the military would prefer him dead, he's more valuable for a bogus court-martial. Is he guilty? Who cares! Hearing about Merlot's headlong charge straight up the enemy's wazoo is worth the price of admission.
As the interstellar war with the Kasago heats up like a Bengay-laminated jockstrap, we find Major Joachim Merlot and his battalion of Battle Ready Androids yet again defending Earth against an alien race of stinking fishy creatures. Unlike his last mission, his odds of making it back alive have improved -- sort of. As much as the military would prefer him dead, he's more valuable for a bogus court-martial. Is he guilty? Who cares! Hearing about Merlot's headlong charge straight up the enemy's wazoo is worth the price of admission.
18 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 16, 2014
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January 21, 2015
Another adventure with good ole Sgt. Merlot vs the fishy Kasago. This was a quick enjoyable little read. As much as I like these I think the best platform for these stories is Audio. The writing is good but to really kick the story in to overdrive you need the performance to match the over all dialect of the Character. I enjoyed this but I think I will love it once it is released in audio.
As to the story it was good but a little short for my taste. It was good but a little repetitive compared to the last. I just want more Jocko so to sum up. Very good but leaves you wanting a bit more.
As to the story it was good but a little short for my taste. It was good but a little repetitive compared to the last. I just want more Jocko so to sum up. Very good but leaves you wanting a bit more.
January 25, 2015
I, who am not normally a science fiction fan, thoroughly enjoyed Mars' second story in this series. The words on the page sparkled (unlike most science fiction that I have read - which too often uses technical language to obfuscate an appalling lack of substance.)
Great literature can go one of two ways when the situation, similar to the world in which we live, is dark and growing darker. It can go the way of Conrad in "the Secret Agent," and make you live the darkness and understand essential bitterness of life during certain eras, and thereby somehow redeem you with awareness. Or it could go the way Mars went - illuminating the ridiculous side of life, despite the looming darkness, making a dark situation bearable.
Mars' story, with its satirical, almost comic-book like language made me laugh out loud, but at the end, I wondered if I should have been laughing at all. It's good to laugh. A great read.
I can't wait for Mars' next story.
Great literature can go one of two ways when the situation, similar to the world in which we live, is dark and growing darker. It can go the way of Conrad in "the Secret Agent," and make you live the darkness and understand essential bitterness of life during certain eras, and thereby somehow redeem you with awareness. Or it could go the way Mars went - illuminating the ridiculous side of life, despite the looming darkness, making a dark situation bearable.
Mars' story, with its satirical, almost comic-book like language made me laugh out loud, but at the end, I wondered if I should have been laughing at all. It's good to laugh. A great read.
I can't wait for Mars' next story.
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